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Police action in Wet'suwet'en territory sparks solidarity actions nationwide

Police action on Wet’suwet’en territory in northern B.C. has triggered solidarity actions across the country with railway blockades as well as occupations of government offices.  RCMP began enforcing an injunction order against those blocking construction on the Coastal GasLink pipeline last Thursday. The Wet’suwet’en have established camps along the road, including the Unist’ot’en healing village that began as a Wet’suwet’en-operated checkpoint…

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Arrests begin at Unist'ot'en as RCMP enforces Coastal Gaslink injunction against Wet'suwet'en

RCMP have begun their enforcement of a B.C. Supreme Court injunction in the traditional territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation at the fourth site along a forest service road that Coastal Gaslink and its contractors have been prevented from accessing for weeks.  The site police are moving in on is Unist’ot’en, a place in the territory where the Wet’suwet’en have…

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Day 5: RCMP begin enforcing Coastal Gaslink injunction at Unist'ot'en

RCMP have begun their enforcement of a B.C. Supreme Court injunction in the traditional territory of the Wet’suwet’en Nation at the fourth site along a forest service road that Coastal Gaslink and its contractors have been prevented from accessing for weeks.  The site police are moving in on is Unist’ot’en, a place in the territory where the Wet’suwet’en have…

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Ottawa refusing to turn over documents 3 St. Anne's residential school survivors need, says lawyer

The federal government is refusing to turn over uncensored documents to three residential school survivors who need the files to determine whether they should seek to reopen their compensation cases, according to their lawyer.  All three had their compensation cases heard before Canada was ordered in 2014 to disclose thousands of documents detailing abuse at St. Anne’s residential school,…

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